In early morning walk at Labrador Nature Reserve “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” – Exodus 33:14. When amid life’s busy thronging, Wearied and lonely you sigh, All the world’s glamouring pleasures Only deceive and enchain True and unperishing treasures ere seek ye ever in vain Hark, on the […]
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) A consummate preacher and teacher, Bernard also authored numerous theological treatises on topics as diverse as the doctrine of God, grace and free will. IN BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX we encounter a decidedly different sort of thinker from the theologians we discussed in the previous two articles. As monk, mystic, theologian and […]
HE DID NOT THINK HE KNEW how to help the seniors when he was asked to intern at Wesley Seniors Activity Centre (WSAC). But Benedick Gan quickly learnt how to cater to the needs of the elderly with the help of WSAC staff, so much so that the WSAC supervisor Ms Kwok Sian Yee […]
Methodist School of Music celebrates 15 years of God’s blessings “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain.” – Psalm 127:1. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, the founders of Methodist School of Music (MSM) had a vision – to reach out to educate, inspire and encourage people in the music ministry to […]
10th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service of Wesley Methodist Church, Nepal WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH (WMC), NEPAL celebrated its 10th Anniversary on May 5, 2012. The Rev Lawrence Chua, Mission Superintendent for Nepal, was the Guest-of-Honour and delivered the message at the Thanksgiving Service. It was a time of celebration, made special and memorable with the presence of […]
A NEW TAMIL WORSHIP SERVICE has been started in the eastern part of Singapore to cater to the significant increase of the Indian expatriate population in recent years. It aims to fill an urgent need as there are very few Indian churches in the area. May 6 saw a group of worshippers from Seletar Tamil […]
HUMAN LIFE is full of rituals. The national anthem is played on television and radio at 6 am. Students sing the school song at morning assembly. Couples have their ritual goodbye kiss in the morning before departing for work. Protestants have traditionally been wary of rituals that seemed unbiblical or erroneous. Yet rituals have been making […]
GROWING UP IN A CHRISTIAN FAMILY, I was exposed to the Christian faith early in life. Every Sunday, my mother would dress us in our Sunday best and we would all get into the car and head off to church. I loved Sunday school, with all the singing and Bible stories and lessons learnt. […]
A MISSIONARY WHO HAD RETURNED from the mission field was sharing with me some of the things he had observed, having lived abroad for some time. One was how accustomed we urbanites have grown to the noise around us that we do not notice it at all. It was only when he lived in […]
EVOLUTION AND CREATION. This was the title of a talk held at Anglo-Chinese School (International) on May 8, and the speaker, the Rev Dr Professor David Wilkinson, reminded the audience that it was very different from “Evolution OR Creation”, which casts the relationship between them in a different light. The first of a series of […]
